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Extremely Insecure Leadership - Coordinator Creative Action Employee Review

1.0
Apr 27, 2025
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Pros

Great kids go through Creative Action and lots of very talented, lovely people have worked here.

Cons

Insecure, cliquey leadership that prioritizes employees with theater backgrounds and their friendships. Lots of inappropriate favoritism going on here. When lower-level employees call out poor or inappropriate behavior, leadership is not checked or investigated. Upper management is cowardly and passive when it comes to having tough conversations (especially when their friends in the company are being toxic). You will be asked to do things outside of your job description without fair compensation. I once heard a higher-up talk about how great it was that someone could do two jobs for the price of one -- it was cringe that this "social justice" organization could not see how exploitative that is. They will 10000% take advantage of your skills and will try to manipulate and guilt you to do more. Some of these folks have a narcissistic, insecure savior complex that keeps them from being able to have normal, professional conversations about tangible ways to improve the company. Behavior seems performative rather than genuine. Lots of changing directives without acknowledgement of poor initial direction. Upper management has a very big fear of being seen as incompetent. Lower-level employees suffer because of this fear.

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5.0
Aug 28, 2024
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Pros

They are extremely invested in the arts and provide tons of resources for their employees.

Cons

Unfortunately due to the nature of non profits, budgets are always a battle and programs can either grow or downsize year to year.

4.0
Feb 6, 2026
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Pros

They can build you up from nothing. This was my first job ever in the workforce, and it was a damn good one. I built numerous skills in this position that I would have never gained at other companies. The community within the company is strong and embedded within the austin. There is a emphasis on being local and supporting each other!

Cons

Can't say much about the individuals, but I will say... The leadership at the top seems a little disjointed... non-cohesive. Their lack of clarity on the future can and has trickled down to other employees, and we have been put in several uncomfortable situations and talks.

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